Boulder coroner ID's woman who died after being pulled from Longmont ditch

Megan Davis, 31, had attempted to rescue dog from water

By Mitchell Byars, Camera Staff Writer

Posted:
06/11/2014 11:03:07 AM MDT

Updated:
06/11/2014 11:12:56 AM MDT

An ambulance leaves the scene where a person was pulled from an irrigation ditch near Longmont. (Matthew Jonas / Times-Call )

The Boulder County Coroner's Office today identified the woman who died after attempting to rescue a dog that had fallen into the Highland Ditch as Megan Davis, 31, of Longmont.

Boulder sheriff's Cmdr. Heidi Prentup said a friend of Davis' waved down a passerby near 12973 N. 87th St. on Tuesday and said Davis had fallen into the water-filled ditch around 1:40 p.m. Davis was not a resident of the property where the accident occurred, but was visiting the home.

Davis' friends pulled her from the swift-moving water and performed CPR before she was transported by ambulance to Longmont United Hospital, where she later died, Prentup said.

The dog was rescued and is doing fine, according to a news release from the Boulder County Sheriff's Office.

Boulder County coroner Emma Hall will conduct an investigation to determine a cause and manner of death.